CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 25 April 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[by electric telegraph—copyright. Reuter's Telegrams. LONDON, April 23. Received 24,12 a.m. The cargo of frozen mutton on board the Lusitania arrived in good condition. The Melbourne portion of the shipment realised s|d per lb. In the House of Commons to-day, the Contagious Diseases (animals) Bill, the object of which is to prohibit the importation of live animals from countries whore foot ami mouth diseaso exists, came, up for further consideration, . Several amendments were proposed'by the Government on the provisions of the Bill us passed by the House of Lords, but the House refused to agree to the amendments. CAIRO, April 22. '••'■ A rumor has.reached here that-the town of Berber has yielded to the rebels/and is how: in the hands of the followers of El Mahdi, No authentic details are yet to hand. ' lIELBOERNE, -l' : ■-.. Y April 23. Received ; April- 24, 0.50 a.m.■Messrs C. S. Ross and Co,, of this city, report'the sale of a cargo of kauri timber, ex Devonport. Hown locs realised an averago price of lis per 100 ft superficial. The market is now weakening. : A private telegram has been received here, stating that a largo speculative demand.for tho Continent is now manifestin.the London wool market,

The next series of auctions, which open on the 29th inst., will close on June 18, and the quantity of wool available is stated to amount to 370,000 bales, including 28,000 bales of Cape wool. • The Melbourne manager of the National Mortgage and.Agency Company of Now' Zealand (Limited) reports of the local'grain market as follows ; Wheat, 3s lld to 4s. The market is flat; Malting barloy is firm at 4s 3d to 4s 9d. New Zealand oats are firm, and in active demand at 2s 8d to 2s lid for feeding, and 2s lid to 3s Id for milling sorts, New Zealand oats under bond aro in good demand at 2s 7d to 2s 9d, CAIRO. April 23. Received April 2411 i, 2.15 p.m.— Sir R. E. Egerton, British: Consul General, Neebar Pasha, President of the Council of Ministers, and Sir Evelyn Wood havo recommended the British Government to despatch a combined English and Egyptian force to Berber for the purpose of relieving the beleaguered garrison.. •SYDNEY, ■■,.-. April 24. . Received April 14, : 12,55 p.m.— Tho health of the Marchioness of Normanby is now gradually improving. Eleven Bishops wllL assist at the enthronement of Dr Barry as Metropolitan Bishop of' Australia. ADELAIDE, . ■"■ ' April 24. The South Australian official Agricultural Statistics will shortly bo published. The total yield of wheat is now known to have been below the estimate, and it is stated that average per. acre will not exceed eight bushels.